Yik Yang - LabVIEW Graphical Programming Cookbook

Yik Yang is a test engineer living in Chicago who has specialized in automation and data analysis. Having worked in multiple fields such as semiconductor, automotive, and power, he has experience with different types of automation and understands what are the industries' needs.

He started his career after receiving his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech. In his career, he worked on automation projects that used CompactDAQ, PXI, FPGA, and so on in LabVIEW. He has also spent a lot of time with Lean Six Sigma and statistical analysis with JMP. He is a certified Professional Engineer (PE) in North Carolina and a Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD).

I would like to thank my wife Qian and my son Elijah. They have given me a tremendous amount of love and support in the process of finishing this book. Most importantly, I would like to thank God, as without him I would not be alive and capable of writing this book after my terrifying bicycle accident, when I was directly hit by a truck.

Amit Dongol is a Ph.D candidate (Physics). He is working on setting up a research lab with LabVIEW interface for data acquisition.

Chris Larson has been using LabVIEW for nine years. Currently he is working as a researcher and developer of cloud-based functionality for LabVIEW. He is an expert at developing systems that take advantage of the connected world and Internet.

Chris learned LabVIEW while working at 3M's SEMS Research and Development lab. While at 3M, he created numerous LabVIEW-based systems to develop and manufacture products for 3M's divisions including safety and security, display and graphics, and health care. His contributions include antenna designs for RFID file tracking, improved manufacturing of retro-reflective materials, improved quality control for display brightening films, and improved high-speed manufacturing of specialty medical tapes.

Qizhen Ruan is a software engineer. He has over 13 years of experience in LabVIEW development. He has designed and developed many LabVIEW features.

Justin Smith has a degree in Computer Science from Tennessee Technological University, and is currently a Systems and Solutions Integrator for an industrial IT firm in Nashville, Tennessee. He develops core software for interfacing with third-party hardware and software and has recently introduced this software as modules in LabVIEW. Primarily a Java developer, Justin has been using open source tools to allow the code to be run from within LabVIEW.

Having grown up around computers in the '80s, Justin had always known that he wanted to pursue a career in computing. After working as an intern in college and spending over a year in Central Mexico for his company, he realized all the good that can be done by helping to improve industrial processes (safety, quality, efficiency). This made him decide that he wanted to continue working in a industrial IT and automation. He also felt that the manufacturing industry has yet to see the same technological revolutions as other business sectors through the advances of companies such as Facebook and Google.

Justin has been working for Summit Management Systems, Inc of Nashville Tennessee for nearly 10 years. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in business, Summit Management Systems offers custom integration and process solutions worldwide for the industrial and manufacturing sector as well as several stand-alone software packages that aid in data acquisition from industrial devices and software for manufacturing workflow management systems.

I would like to thank my father for all the opportunities that he has given me to make me who I am. From allowing me to grow up around computers to encouraging me to enter the software development field, he is the reason I was able to work on this book and review it. Thanks Dad.